tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592301744049663505.post3046307501623902196..comments2014-05-15T09:08:21.959-07:00Comments on Adventures of the Klamath Librarian: Klamath Basin Communities – Whose Voices Will Remain To Tell our Tales?Adrienne R.S. Harlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025608687428857357noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592301744049663505.post-68814371101511554992010-06-11T11:14:55.192-07:002010-06-11T11:14:55.192-07:00Adrienne I am so thankful that you are trying to p...Adrienne I am so thankful that you are trying to preserve some of our &quot;people&#39;s history&quot;. I hope your work in this area will encourage others to help or do the same...Bobbinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592301744049663505.post-60165772627789424082010-06-09T13:23:14.312-07:002010-06-09T13:23:14.312-07:00Interesting discussion. I was introduced to this c...Interesting discussion. I was introduced to this concept years ago, but was recently reminded by a book where a history teacher assigns her students a writing assignment. After the assignment she has all but one student destory their work. Teaching the students that history does not record the whole story, only what remains. Indicating that we really know very little about our past. Future archivists and historians may be digging through blogs and email histories to piece together daily life. Scary thought given how temporary blogs and emails have become. Keep up the good work. i enjoy your blogs. Thanks!Ramonanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592301744049663505.post-90729842898560628062010-05-31T14:48:11.339-07:002010-05-31T14:48:11.339-07:00Adrienne is such a good writer! (OK, full disclos...Adrienne is such a good writer! (OK, full disclosure; I am her father.) While the histories of whites in the area is most likely less than 200 years, the Karuks and neighboring tribes may have been in the area thousands of years. I wonder what life was like for them way back then. Has anyone done, or is doing, in depth research on the more distant past of the area. Is there any archeological activity attempting to identify village sites, how they lived, etc.? What were their numbers? Where did they come from?Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989607189189427443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592301744049663505.post-52146379746400533142010-05-27T15:48:25.493-07:002010-05-27T15:48:25.493-07:00I agree with Adrienne on the fact that rural colle...I agree with Adrienne on the fact that rural collections are not kept as often as urban ones and that the rich and famous tend to be much more documented that most ethnic groups or ordinary people.<br />In this area we are lucky to have excellent historical archives in both county historical societies- Humboldt and Del Norte, the tribal libraries and Humboldt State and the Humboldt County Library. It is not always easy to get into these libraries, but researchers can access information about the European based settlers and the native peoples, right down to the misunderstanding and mistreatment of the original peoples by those attempting to settle here.<br />Because of donations of collections to any of these facilities, people can access information about their ancestors and daily lives of people who lived in this area. Several books have been written and are available in libraries or for sale in several locations that are about the more well-known in the areas and also about the peoples in these areas and their adventures.<br />Our area may not be common. Other, larger, more easily accessible locations may have the problems of how to deal with collections that focus on the ordinary person. Our remoteness works for us in this sense. It works against us in the sense that people outside our area do not understand the value of our history. We do… and we have the collections to prove it!Sarah Hamanhttp://www.humboldthistory.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592301744049663505.post-29775421931310417822010-05-26T22:13:20.082-07:002010-05-26T22:13:20.082-07:00I second Kimberly&#39;s comment. I know that Edna ...I second Kimberly&#39;s comment. I know that Edna Watson has been collecting material for years about the river communities and the Black Bear anthology from ten years ago was an effort to capture another part of our history.Malcolm Terencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592301744049663505.post-73288789388228713432010-05-26T17:45:01.200-07:002010-05-26T17:45:01.200-07:00The movie, &quot;Karuk Voices&quot; was an excelle...The movie, &quot;Karuk Voices&quot; was an excellent example of locals recording their own history. I do not know what it takes to preserve that information format for future generations. I think the article that Creek Hanauer puts out occassionally is also a great example of locals documenting local interests, concerns and events. How that all gets archived is something I can only hope that you or someone else in the know could get the funding to do. Thanks Ade for the thought provoking piece!Kimberlyhttp://www.cabotvineyards.comnoreply@blogger.com